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  <h1><a href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html" class="symbol">tango.text.locale.Core</a></h1>
  
<p class="sec_header">License:</p>BSD style: see <a href="http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/LibraryLicense">license.txt</a>
<p class="sec_header">Version:</p>Initial release: 2005
<p class="sec_header">Author:</p>John Chapman
<p class="bl"/>
        Contains classes that provide information about locales, such as 
        the language and calendars, as well as cultural conventions used 
        for formatting dates, currency and numbers. Use these classes when 
        writing applications for an international audience.
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<p class="bl"/>
 <table>
 <tr>
 <th>Interface</th>
 <th>Description</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#IFormatService">IFormatService</a></td>
 <td>Retrieves an object to control formatting.</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
<p class="bl"/>
 <table>
 <tr>
 <th>Class</th>
 <th>Description</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Calendar">Calendar</a></td>
 <td>Represents time in week, month and year divisions.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Culture">Culture</a></td>
 <td>Provides information about a culture, such as its name, calendar and date and number format patterns.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#DateTimeFormat">DateTimeFormat</a></td>
 <td>Determines how <a href="#Time">Time</a> values are formatted, depending on the culture.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#DaylightSavingTime">DaylightSavingTime</a></td>
 <td>Represents a period of daylight-saving time.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Gregorian">Gregorian</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Gregorian calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Hebrew">Hebrew</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Hebrew calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Hijri">Hijri</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Hijri calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Japanese">Japanese</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Japanese calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Korean">Korean</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Korean calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#NumberFormat">NumberFormat</a></td>
 <td>Determines how numbers are formatted, according to the current culture.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Region">Region</a></td>
 <td>Provides information about a region.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Taiwan">Taiwan</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Taiwan calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#ThaiBuddhist">ThaiBuddhist</a></td>
 <td>Represents the Thai Buddhist calendar.</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
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 <table>
 <tr>
 <th>Struct</th>
 <th>Description</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#Time">Time</a></td>
 <td>Represents time expressed as a date and time of day.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="#TimeSpan">TimeSpan</a></td>
 <td>Represents a time interval.</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
<dl>
<dt class="decl">enum <a class="symbol _enum" name="CultureTypes" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L140" kind="enum" beg="140" end="144">CultureTypes</a>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#CultureTypes" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L140">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Defines the types of cultures that can be retrieved from Culture.getCultures.</div>
<dl>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _enummem" name="CultureTypes.Neutral" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L141" kind="enummem" beg="141" end="141">Neutral</a> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#CultureTypes.Neutral" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L141">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Refers to cultures that are associated with a language but not specific to a country or region.</div></dd>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _enummem" name="CultureTypes.Specific" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L142" kind="enummem" beg="142" end="142">Specific</a> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#CultureTypes.Specific" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L142">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Refers to cultures that are specific to a country or region.</div></dd>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _enummem" name="CultureTypes.All" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L143" kind="enummem" beg="143" end="143">All</a> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#CultureTypes.All" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L143">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Refers to all cultures.</div></dd></dl></dd>
<dt class="decl">interface <a class="symbol _interface" name="IFormatService" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L155" kind="interface" beg="155" end="165">IFormatService</a><span class="tparams">(T)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#IFormatService" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L155">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="_IFormatService"></a>
 Retrieves an object to control formatting.
 
 A class implements <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">getFormat</a> to retrieve an object that provides format information for the implementing type.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>IFormatService is implemented by <a href="#Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="#NumberFormat">NumberFormat</a> and <a href="#DateTimeFormat">DateTimeFormat</a> to provide locale-specific formatting of
 numbers and date and time values.
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<dt class="decl">Object <a class="symbol _function" name="IFormatService.getFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L163" kind="function" beg="163" end="163">getFormat</a><span class="params">(TypeInfo <em>type</em>)</span>; <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#IFormatService.getFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L163">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="IFormatService_getFormat"></a>
 Retrieves an object that supports formatting for the specified _type.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The current instance if type is the same _type as the current instance; otherwise, null.
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>type</em></td><td>An object that specifies the _type of formatting to retrieve.</td></tr></table></dd></dl></dd>
<dt class="decl">class <a class="symbol _class" name="Culture" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L200" kind="class" beg="200" end="719">Culture</a> : IFormatService; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L200">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="_Culture"></a>
 Provides information about a culture, such as its name, calendar and date and number format patterns.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>tango.text.locale adopts the RFC 1766 standard for culture names in the format &lt;language&gt;"-"&lt;region&gt;. 
 &lt;language&gt; is a lower-case two-letter code defined by ISO 639-1. &lt;region&gt; is an upper-case 
 two-letter code defined by ISO 3166. For example, "en-GB" is UK English.
 <br/><br/>There are three types of culture: invariant, neutral and specific. The invariant culture is not tied to
 any specific region, although it is associated with the English language. A neutral culture is associated with
 a language, but not with a region. A specific culture is associated with a language and a region. "es" is a neutral 
 culture. "es-MX" is a specific culture.
 <br/><br/>Instances of <a href="#DateTimeFormat">DateTimeFormat</a> and <a href="#NumberFormat">NumberFormat</a> cannot be created for neutral cultures.
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p><pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Stdout</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Core</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="i">Culture</span> <span class="i">culture</span> = <span class="k">new</span> <span class="i">Culture</span>(<span class="sl">"it-IT"</span>);

  <span class="i">Stdout</span>.<span class="i">formatln</span>(<span class="sl">"englishName: {}"</span>, <span class="i">culture</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>);
  <span class="i">Stdout</span>.<span class="i">formatln</span>(<span class="sl">"nativeName: {}"</span>, <span class="i">culture</span>.<span class="i">nativeName</span>);
  <span class="i">Stdout</span>.<span class="i">formatln</span>(<span class="sl">"name: {}"</span>, <span class="i">culture</span>.<span class="i">name</span>);
  <span class="i">Stdout</span>.<span class="i">formatln</span>(<span class="sl">"parent: {}"</span>, <span class="i">culture</span>.<span class="i">parent</span>.<span class="i">name</span>);
  <span class="i">Stdout</span>.<span class="i">formatln</span>(<span class="sl">"isNeutral: {}"</span>, <span class="i">culture</span>.<span class="i">isNeutral</span>);
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// englishName: Italian (Italy)</span>
<span class="lc">// nativeName: italiano (Italia)</span>
<span class="lc">// name: it-IT</span>
<span class="lc">// parent: it</span>
<span class="lc">// isNeutral: false</span>
</pre>
<dl>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="Culture.this" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L240" kind="ctor" beg="240" end="242">this</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>cultureName</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.this" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L240">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Initializes a new Culture instance from the supplied name.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>cultureName</em></td><td>The name of the Culture.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="Culture.this:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L249" kind="ctor" beg="249" end="251">this</a><span class="params">(int <em>cultureID</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.this:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L249">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Initializes a new Culture instance from the supplied culture identifier.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>cultureID</em></td><td>The identifer (LCID) of the Culture.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Culture identifiers correspond to a Windows LCID.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Object <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.getFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L260" kind="function" beg="260" end="266">getFormat</a><span class="params">(TypeInfo <em>type</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.getFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L260">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Retrieves an object defining how to format the specified type.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>type</em></td><td>The TypeInfo of the resulting formatting object.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>If type is typeid(<a href="#NumberFormat">NumberFormat</a>), the value of the <a href="#Culture_numberFormat">numberFormat</a> property. If type is typeid(<a href="#DateTimeFormat">DateTimeFormat</a>), the
 value of the <a href="#Culture_dateTimeFormat">dateTimeFormat</a> property. Otherwise, null.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Implements <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a>.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.getCulture" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L295" kind="function" beg="295" end="305">getCulture</a><span class="params">(int <em>cultureID</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.getCulture" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L295">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns a read-only instance of a culture using the specified culture identifier.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>cultureID</em></td><td>The identifier of the culture.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only culture instance.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Instances returned by this method are cached.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.getCulture:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L313" kind="function" beg="313" end="320">getCulture</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>cultureName</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.getCulture:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L313">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns a read-only instance of a culture using the specified culture name.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>cultureName</em></td><td>The name of the culture.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only culture instance.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Instances returned by this method are cached.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.getCultureFromIetfLanguageTag" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L327" kind="function" beg="327" end="334">getCultureFromIetfLanguageTag</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>name</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.getCultureFromIetfLanguageTag" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L327">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns a read-only instance using the specified name, as defined by the RFC 3066 standard and maintained by the IETF.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>name</em></td><td>The name of the language.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only culture instance.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.getCultures" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L396" kind="function" beg="396" end="410">getCultures</a><span class="params">(CultureTypes <em>types</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.getCultures" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L396">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns a list of cultures filtered by the specified <a href="constants.html#CultureTypes">CultureTypes</a>.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>types</em></td><td>A combination of CultureTypes.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>An array of Culture instances containing cultures specified by types.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.toString" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L416" kind="function" beg="416" end="418">toString</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">override</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.toString" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L416">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns the name of the Culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string containing the name of the Culture in the format &lt;language&gt;"-"&lt;region&gt;.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.current" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L434" kind="function" beg="434" end="452">current</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.current" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L434">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Culture_current"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the culture of the current user.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The Culture instance representing the user's current culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.current:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L475" kind="function" beg="475" end="479">current</a><span class="params">(Culture <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.current:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L475">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the culture of the _current user.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The Culture instance representing the user's _current culture.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following examples shows how to change the _current culture.
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="lc">// Displays the name of the current culture.</span>
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"The current culture is %s."</span>, <span class="i">Culture</span>.<span class="i">current</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>);

  <span class="lc">// Changes the current culture to el-GR.</span>
  <span class="i">Culture</span>.<span class="i">current</span> = <span class="k">new</span> <span class="i">Culture</span>(<span class="sl">"el-GR"</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"The current culture is now %s."</span>, <span class="i">Culture</span>.<span class="i">current</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>);
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// The current culture is English (United Kingdom).</span>
<span class="lc">// The current culture is now Greek (Greece).</span>
</pre></dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.invariantCulture" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L487" kind="function" beg="487" end="489">invariantCulture</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.invariantCulture" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L487">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the invariant Culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The Culture instance that is invariant.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The invariant culture is culture-independent. It is not tied to any specific region, but is associated
 with the English language.</dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.id" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L497" kind="function" beg="497" end="499">id</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.id" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L497">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the identifier of the Culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The culture identifier of the current instance.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The culture identifier corresponds to the Windows locale identifier (LCID). It can therefore be used when 
 interfacing with the Windows NLS functions.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.name" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L506" kind="function" beg="506" end="508">name</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.name" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L506">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Culture_name"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the name of the Culture in the format &lt;language&gt;"-"&lt;region&gt;.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The name of the current instance. For example, the name of the UK English culture is "en-GB".</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.englishName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L515" kind="function" beg="515" end="517">englishName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.englishName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L515">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the name of the Culture in the format &lt;languagename&gt; (&lt;regionname&gt;) in English.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The name of the current instance in English. For example, the englishName of the UK English culture 
 is "English (United Kingdom)".</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.nativeName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L524" kind="function" beg="524" end="526">nativeName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.nativeName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L524">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the name of the Culture in the format &lt;languagename&gt; (&lt;regionname&gt;) in its native language.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The name of the current instance in its native language. For example, if Culture.name is "de-DE", nativeName is 
 "Deutsch (Deutschland)".</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.twoLetterLanguageName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L532" kind="function" beg="532" end="534">twoLetterLanguageName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.twoLetterLanguageName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L532">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the two-letter language code of the culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The two-letter language code of the Culture instance. For example, the twoLetterLanguageName for English is "en".</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.threeLetterLanguageName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L540" kind="function" beg="540" end="542">threeLetterLanguageName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.threeLetterLanguageName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L540">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the three-letter language code of the culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The three-letter language code of the Culture instance. For example, the threeLetterLanguageName for English is "eng".</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.ietfLanguageTag" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L548" kind="function" beg="548" end="550">ietfLanguageTag</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.ietfLanguageTag" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L548">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the RFC 3066 identification for a language.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string representing the RFC 3066 language identification.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Culture <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.parent" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L556" kind="function" beg="556" end="570">parent</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.parent" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L556">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the Culture representing the parent of the current instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The Culture representing the parent of the current instance.</dd>
<dt class="decl">bool <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.isNeutral" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L602" kind="function" beg="602" end="604">isNeutral</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.isNeutral" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L602">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a value indicating whether the current instance is a neutral culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>true is the current Culture represents a neutral culture; otherwise, false.
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following example displays which cultures using Chinese are neutral.
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="k">foreach</span> (<span class="i">c</span>; <span class="i">Culture</span>.<span class="i">getCultures</span>(<span class="i">CultureTypes</span>.<span class="i">All</span>)) {
    <span class="k">if</span> (<span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">twoLetterLanguageName</span> == <span class="sl">"zh"</span>) {
      <span class="i">Print</span>(<span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>);
      <span class="k">if</span> (<span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">isNeutral</span>)
        <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"neutral"</span>);
      <span class="k">else</span>
        <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"specific"</span>);
    }
  }
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Simplified) - neutral</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Taiwan) - specific</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (People's Republic of China) - specific</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) - specific</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Singapore) - specific</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Macao S.A.R.) - specific</span>
<span class="lc">// Chinese (Traditional) - neutral</span>
</pre></dd>
<dt class="decl">bool <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.isReadOnly" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L612" kind="function" beg="612" end="614">isReadOnly</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.isReadOnly" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L612">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a value indicating whether the instance is read-only.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>true if the instance is read-only; otherwise, false.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>If the culture is read-only, the <a href="#Culture_dateTimeFormat">dateTimeFormat</a> and <a href="#Culture_numberFormat">numberFormat</a> properties return 
 read-only instances.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Calendar <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.calendar" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L621" kind="function" beg="621" end="626">calendar</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.calendar" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L621">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Culture_calendar"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the calendar used by the culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A Calendar instance respresenting the calendar used by the culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Calendar[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.optionalCalendars" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L632" kind="function" beg="632" end="637">optionalCalendars</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.optionalCalendars" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L632">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the list of calendars that can be used by the culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>An array of type Calendar representing the calendars that can be used by the culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">NumberFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.numberFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L644" kind="function" beg="644" end="651">numberFormat</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.numberFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L644">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Culture_numberFormat"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a NumberFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying numbers and currency.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A NumberFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying numbers and currency.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.numberFormat:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L656" kind="function" beg="656" end="659">numberFormat</a><span class="params">(NumberFormat <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.numberFormat:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L656">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a NumberFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying numbers and currency.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>values</em></td><td>A NumberFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying numbers and currency.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">DateTimeFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.dateTimeFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L666" kind="function" beg="666" end="673">dateTimeFormat</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.dateTimeFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L666">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Culture_dateTimeFormat"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a DateTimeFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying dates and times.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A DateTimeFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying dates and times.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="Culture.dateTimeFormat:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L678" kind="function" beg="678" end="681">dateTimeFormat</a><span class="params">(DateTimeFormat <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Culture.dateTimeFormat:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L678">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a DateTimeFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying dates and times.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>values</em></td><td>A DateTimeFormat defining the culturally appropriate format for displaying dates and times.</td></tr></table></dd></dl></dd>
<dt class="decl">class <a class="symbol _class" name="Region" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L747" kind="class" beg="747" end="889">Region</a>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L747">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="_Region"></a>
 Provides information about a region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Region does not represent user preferences. It does not depend on the user's language or culture.
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following example displays some of the properties of the Region class:
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="i">Region</span> <span class="i">region</span> = <span class="k">new</span> <span class="i">Region</span>(<span class="sl">"en-GB"</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"name:              %s"</span>, <span class="i">region</span>.<span class="i">name</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"englishName:       %s"</span>, <span class="i">region</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"isMetric:          %s"</span>, <span class="i">region</span>.<span class="i">isMetric</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"currencySymbol:    %s"</span>, <span class="i">region</span>.<span class="i">currencySymbol</span>);
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"isoCurrencySymbol: %s"</span>, <span class="i">region</span>.<span class="i">isoCurrencySymbol</span>);
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output.</span>
<span class="lc">// name:              en-GB</span>
<span class="lc">// englishName:       United Kingdom</span>
<span class="lc">// isMetric:          true</span>
<span class="lc">// currencySymbol:    £</span>
<span class="lc">// isoCurrencySymbol: GBP</span>
</pre>
<dl>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="Region.this" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L758" kind="ctor" beg="758" end="763">this</a><span class="params">(int <em>cultureID</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.this" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L758">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Initializes a new Region instance based on the region associated with the specified culture identifier.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>cultureID</em></td><td>A culture indentifier.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The name of the Region instance is set to the ISO 3166 two-letter code for that region.</dd>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="Region.this:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L770" kind="ctor" beg="770" end="775">this</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>name</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.this:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L770">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Region_ctor_name"></a>
 Initializes a new Region instance based on the region specified by name.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>name</em></td><td>A two-letter ISO 3166 code for the region. Or, a culture <a href="#Culture_name">_name</a> consisting of the language and region.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">Region <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.current" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L786" kind="function" beg="786" end="790">current</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.current" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L786">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the Region used by the current <a href="#Culture">Culture</a>.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The Region instance associated with the current Culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.geoID" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L796" kind="function" beg="796" end="798">geoID</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.geoID" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L796">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a unique identifier for the geographical location of the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>An <b>int</b> uniquely identifying the geographical location.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.name" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L805" kind="function" beg="805" end="807">name</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.name" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L805">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="Region_name"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the ISO 3166 code, or the name, of the current Region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The value specified by the name parameter of the <a href="#Region_ctor_name">Region(char[])</a> constructor.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.englishName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L813" kind="function" beg="813" end="815">englishName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.englishName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L813">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the full name of the region in English.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The full name of the region in English.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.nativeName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L821" kind="function" beg="821" end="823">nativeName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.nativeName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L821">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the full name of the region in its native language.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The full name of the region in the language associated with the region code.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.twoLetterRegionName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L829" kind="function" beg="829" end="831">twoLetterRegionName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.twoLetterRegionName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L829">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the two-letter ISO 3166 code of the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The two-letter ISO 3166 code of the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.threeLetterRegionName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L837" kind="function" beg="837" end="839">threeLetterRegionName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.threeLetterRegionName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L837">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the three-letter ISO 3166 code of the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The three-letter ISO 3166 code of the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.currencySymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L845" kind="function" beg="845" end="847">currencySymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.currencySymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L845">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the currency symbol of the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The currency symbol of the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.isoCurrencySymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L853" kind="function" beg="853" end="855">isoCurrencySymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.isoCurrencySymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L853">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the three-character currency symbol of the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The three-character currency symbol of the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.currencyEnglishName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L861" kind="function" beg="861" end="863">currencyEnglishName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.currencyEnglishName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L861">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the name in English of the currency used in the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The name in English of the currency used in the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.currencyNativeName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L869" kind="function" beg="869" end="871">currencyNativeName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.currencyNativeName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L869">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the name in the native language of the region of the currency used in the region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The name in the native language of the region of the currency used in the region.</dd>
<dt class="decl">bool <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.isMetric" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L877" kind="function" beg="877" end="879">isMetric</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.isMetric" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L877">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a value indicating whether the region uses the metric system for measurements.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>true is the region uses the metric system; otherwise, false.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="Region.toString" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L885" kind="function" beg="885" end="887">toString</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">override</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#Region.toString" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L885">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Returns a string containing the ISO 3166 code, or the <a href="#Region_name">name</a>, of the current Region.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string containing the ISO 3166 code, or the name, of the current Region.</dd></dl></dd>
<dt class="decl">class <a class="symbol _class" name="NumberFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L929" kind="class" beg="929" end="1431">NumberFormat</a> : IFormatService; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L929">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="_NumberFormat"></a>
 Determines how numbers are formatted, according to the current culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Numbers are formatted using format patterns retrieved from a NumberFormat instance.
 This class implements <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a>.
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following example shows how to retrieve an instance of NumberFormat for a Culture
 and use it to display number formatting information.
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>(<span class="k">char</span>[][] <span class="i">args</span>) {
  <span class="k">foreach</span> (<span class="i">c</span>; <span class="i">Culture</span>.<span class="i">getCultures</span>(<span class="i">CultureTypes</span>.<span class="i">Specific</span>)) {
    <span class="k">if</span> (<span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">twoLetterLanguageName</span> == <span class="sl">"en"</span>) {
      <span class="i">NumberFormat</span> <span class="i">fmt</span> = <span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">numberFormat</span>;
      <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="sl">"The currency symbol for %s is '%s'"</span>, 
        <span class="i">c</span>.<span class="i">englishName</span>, 
        <span class="i">fmt</span>.<span class="i">currencySymbol</span>);
    }
  }
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (United States) is '$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (United Kingdom) is '£'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Australia) is '$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Canada) is '$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (New Zealand) is '$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Ireland) is '€'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (South Africa) is 'R'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Jamaica) is 'J$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Caribbean) is '$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Belize) is 'BZ$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Trinidad and Tobago) is 'TT$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Zimbabwe) is 'Z$'</span>
<span class="lc">// The currency symbol for English (Republic of the Philippines) is 'Php'</span>
</pre>
<dl>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="NumberFormat.this" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L958" kind="ctor" beg="958" end="960">this</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.this" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L958">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Initializes a new, culturally independent instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Modify the properties of the new instance to define custom formatting.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Object <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.getFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1010" kind="function" beg="1010" end="1012">getFormat</a><span class="params">(TypeInfo <em>type</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.getFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1010">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Retrieves an object defining how to format the specified type.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>type</em></td><td>The TypeInfo of the resulting formatting object.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>If type is typeid(<a href="#NumberFormat">NumberFormat</a>), the current NumberFormat instance. Otherwise, null.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Implements <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a>.</dd>
<dt class="decl">NumberFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.getInstance" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1033" kind="function" beg="1033" end="1047">getInstance</a><span class="params">(IFormatService <em>formatService</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.getInstance" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1033">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Retrieves the NumberFormat for the specified <a href="#IFormatService">IFormatService</a>.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>formatService</em></td><td>The IFormatService used to retrieve NumberFormat.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The NumberFormat for the specified IFormatService.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The method calls <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a> with typeof(NumberFormat). If formatService is null,
 then the value of the current property is returned.</dd>
<dt class="decl">NumberFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.current" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1053" kind="function" beg="1053" end="1055">current</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.current" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1053">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a read-only NumberFormat instance from the current culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only NumberFormat instance from the current culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">NumberFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.invariantFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1062" kind="function" beg="1062" end="1068">invariantFormat</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.invariantFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1062">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="NumberFormat_invariantFormat"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the read-only, culturally independent NumberFormat instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The read-only, culturally independent NumberFormat instance.</dd>
<dt class="decl">bool <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.isReadOnly" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1074" kind="function" beg="1074" end="1076">isReadOnly</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.isReadOnly" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1074">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a value indicating whether the instance is read-only.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>true if the instance is read-only; otherwise, false.</dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberDecimalDigits" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1082" kind="function" beg="1082" end="1084">numberDecimalDigits</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberDecimalDigits" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1082">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the number of decimal places used for numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The number of decimal places used for numbers. For <a href="#NumberFormat_invariantFormat">invariantFormat</a>, the default is 2.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberDecimalDigits:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1112" kind="function" beg="1112" end="1115">numberDecimalDigits</a><span class="params">(int <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberDecimalDigits:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1112">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary">Assigns the number of decimal digits used for numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The number of decimal places used for numbers.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Throws:</p>Exception if the property is being set and the instance is read-only.
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following example shows the effect of changing numberDecimalDigits.
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="lc">// Get the NumberFormat from the en-GB culture.</span>
  <span class="i">NumberFormat</span> <span class="i">fmt</span> = (<span class="k">new</span> <span class="i">Culture</span>(<span class="sl">"en-GB"</span>)).<span class="i">numberFormat</span>;

  <span class="lc">// Display a value with the default number of decimal digits.</span>
  <span class="k">int</span> <span class="i">n</span> = <span class="n">5678</span>;
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="i">Formatter</span>.<span class="i">format</span>(<span class="i">fmt</span>, <span class="sl">"{0:N}"</span>, <span class="i">n</span>));

  <span class="lc">// Display the value with six decimal digits.</span>
  <span class="i">fmt</span>.<span class="i">numberDecimalDigits</span> = <span class="n">6</span>;
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="i">Formatter</span>.<span class="i">format</span>(<span class="i">fmt</span>, <span class="sl">"{0:N}"</span>, <span class="i">n</span>));
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// 5,678.00</span>
<span class="lc">// 5,678.000000</span>
</pre></dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberNegativePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1131" kind="function" beg="1131" end="1133">numberNegativePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberNegativePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1131">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for negative numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for negative numbers. For invariantFormat, the default is 1 (representing "-n").
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The following table shows valid values for this property.
<p class="bl"/>
 <table class="definitionTable">
 <tr><th>Value</th><th>Pattern</th></tr>
 <tr><td>0</td><td>(n)</td></tr>
 <tr><td>1</td><td>-n</td></tr>
 <tr><td>2</td><td>- n</td></tr>
 <tr><td>3</td><td>n-</td></tr>
 <tr><td>4</td><td>n -</td></tr>
 </table></dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberNegativePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1165" kind="function" beg="1165" end="1168">numberNegativePattern</a><span class="params">(int <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberNegativePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1165">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for negative numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for negative numbers.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Examples:</p>The following example shows the effect of the different patterns.
 <pre class="d_code">
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">io</span>.<span class="i">Print</span>, <span class="i">tango</span>.<span class="i">text</span>.<span class="i">locale</span>.<span class="i">Common</span>;

<span class="k">void</span> <span class="i">main</span>() {
  <span class="i">NumberFormat</span> <span class="i">fmt</span> = <span class="k">new</span> <span class="i">NumberFormat</span>;
  <span class="k">int</span> <span class="i">n</span> = -<span class="n">5678</span>;

  <span class="lc">// Display the default pattern.</span>
  <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="i">Formatter</span>.<span class="i">format</span>(<span class="i">fmt</span>, <span class="sl">"{0:N}"</span>, <span class="i">n</span>));

  <span class="lc">// Display all patterns.</span>
  <span class="k">for</span> (<span class="k">int</span> <span class="i">i</span> = <span class="n">0</span>; <span class="i">i</span> &lt;= <span class="n">4</span>; <span class="i">i</span>++) {
    <span class="i">fmt</span>.<span class="i">numberNegativePattern</span> = <span class="i">i</span>;
    <span class="i">Println</span>(<span class="i">Formatter</span>.<span class="i">format</span>(<span class="i">fmt</span>, <span class="sl">"{0:N}"</span>, <span class="i">n</span>));
  }
}

<span class="lc">// Produces the following output:</span>
<span class="lc">// (5,678.00)</span>
<span class="lc">// (5,678.00)</span>
<span class="lc">// -5,678.00</span>
<span class="lc">// - 5,678.00</span>
<span class="lc">// 5,678.00-</span>
<span class="lc">// 5,678.00 -</span>
</pre></dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyDecimalDigits" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1174" kind="function" beg="1174" end="1176">currencyDecimalDigits</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyDecimalDigits" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1174">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the number of decimal places to use in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The number of decimal digits to use in currency values.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyDecimalDigits:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1181" kind="function" beg="1181" end="1184">currencyDecimalDigits</a><span class="params">(int <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyDecimalDigits:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1181">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the number of decimal places to use in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The number of decimal digits to use in currency values.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyNegativePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1190" kind="function" beg="1190" end="1192">currencyNegativePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyNegativePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1190">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the formal pattern to use for negative currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern to use for negative currency values.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyNegativePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1197" kind="function" beg="1197" end="1200">currencyNegativePattern</a><span class="params">(int <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyNegativePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1197">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the formal pattern to use for negative currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern to use for negative currency values.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">int <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyPositivePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1206" kind="function" beg="1206" end="1208">currencyPositivePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyPositivePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1206">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the formal pattern to use for positive currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern to use for positive currency values.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyPositivePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1213" kind="function" beg="1213" end="1216">currencyPositivePattern</a><span class="params">(int <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyPositivePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1213">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the formal pattern to use for positive currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern to use for positive currency values.</dd>
<dt class="decl">int[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberGroupSizes" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1222" kind="function" beg="1222" end="1224">numberGroupSizes</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberGroupSizes" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1222">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberGroupSizes:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1229" kind="function" beg="1229" end="1232">numberGroupSizes</a><span class="params">(int[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberGroupSizes:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1229">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">int[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyGroupSizes" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1238" kind="function" beg="1238" end="1240">currencyGroupSizes</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyGroupSizes" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1238">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyGroupSizes:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1245" kind="function" beg="1245" end="1248">currencyGroupSizes</a><span class="params">(int[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyGroupSizes:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1245">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The number of digits int each group to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberGroupSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1254" kind="function" beg="1254" end="1256">numberGroupSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberGroupSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1254">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in numbers. For example, ",".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberGroupSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1261" kind="function" beg="1261" end="1264">numberGroupSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberGroupSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1261">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in numbers.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberDecimalSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1270" kind="function" beg="1270" end="1272">numberDecimalSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberDecimalSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1270">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string used as the decimal separator in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string used as the decimal separator in numbers. For example, ".".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.numberDecimalSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1277" kind="function" beg="1277" end="1280">numberDecimalSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.numberDecimalSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1277">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string used as the decimal separator in numbers.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string used as the decimal separator in numbers.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyGroupSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1286" kind="function" beg="1286" end="1288">currencyGroupSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyGroupSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1286">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in currency values. For example, ",".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyGroupSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1293" kind="function" beg="1293" end="1296">currencyGroupSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyGroupSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1293">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string separating groups of digits to the left of the decimal place in currency values.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyDecimalSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1302" kind="function" beg="1302" end="1304">currencyDecimalSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyDecimalSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1302">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string used as the decimal separator in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string used as the decimal separator in currency values. For example, ".".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencyDecimalSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1309" kind="function" beg="1309" end="1312">currencyDecimalSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencyDecimalSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1309">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string used as the decimal separator in currency values.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string used as the decimal separator in currency values.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencySymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1318" kind="function" beg="1318" end="1320">currencySymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencySymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1318">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string used as the currency symbol.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string used as the currency symbol. For example, "£".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.currencySymbol:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1325" kind="function" beg="1325" end="1328">currencySymbol</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.currencySymbol:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1325">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string used as the currency symbol.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string used as the currency symbol.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.negativeSign" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1334" kind="function" beg="1334" end="1336">negativeSign</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.negativeSign" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1334">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string denoting that a number is negative.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string denoting that a number is negative. For example, "-".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.negativeSign:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1341" kind="function" beg="1341" end="1344">negativeSign</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.negativeSign:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1341">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string denoting that a number is negative.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string denoting that a number is negative.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.positiveSign" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1350" kind="function" beg="1350" end="1352">positiveSign</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.positiveSign" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1350">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string denoting that a number is positive.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string denoting that a number is positive. For example, "+".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.positiveSign:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1357" kind="function" beg="1357" end="1360">positiveSign</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.positiveSign:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1357">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string denoting that a number is positive.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string denoting that a number is positive.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.nanSymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1366" kind="function" beg="1366" end="1368">nanSymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.nanSymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1366">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string representing the NaN (not a number) value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string representing the NaN value. For example, "NaN".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.nanSymbol:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1373" kind="function" beg="1373" end="1376">nanSymbol</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.nanSymbol:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1373">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string representing the NaN (not a number) value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string representing the NaN value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.negativeInfinitySymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1382" kind="function" beg="1382" end="1384">negativeInfinitySymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.negativeInfinitySymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1382">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string representing negative infinity.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string representing negative infinity. For example, "-Infinity".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.negativeInfinitySymbol:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1389" kind="function" beg="1389" end="1392">negativeInfinitySymbol</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.negativeInfinitySymbol:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1389">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string representing negative infinity.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string representing negative infinity.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.positiveInfinitySymbol" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1398" kind="function" beg="1398" end="1400">positiveInfinitySymbol</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.positiveInfinitySymbol" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1398">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string representing positive infinity.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string representing positive infinity. For example, "Infinity".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.positiveInfinitySymbol:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1405" kind="function" beg="1405" end="1408">positiveInfinitySymbol</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.positiveInfinitySymbol:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1405">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string representing positive infinity.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string representing positive infinity.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.nativeDigits" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1414" kind="function" beg="1414" end="1416">nativeDigits</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.nativeDigits" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1414">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves a string array of native equivalents of the digits 0 to 9.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string array of native equivalents of the digits 0 to 9.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="NumberFormat.nativeDigits:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1421" kind="function" beg="1421" end="1424">nativeDigits</a><span class="params">(char[][] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#NumberFormat.nativeDigits:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1421">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a string array of native equivalents of the digits 0 to 9.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A string array of native equivalents of the digits 0 to 9.</td></tr></table></dd></dl></dd>
<dt class="decl">class <a class="symbol _class" name="DateTimeFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1440" kind="class" beg="1440" end="2181">DateTimeFormat</a> : IFormatService; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1440">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="_DateTimeFormat"></a>
 Determines how <a href="#Time">Time</a> values are formatted, depending on the culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>To create a DateTimeFormat for a specific culture, create a <a href="#Culture">Culture</a> for that culture and
 retrieve its <a href="#Culture_dateTimeFormat">dateTimeFormat</a> property. To create a DateTimeFormat for the user's current 
 culture, use the <a href="#Culture_current">current</a> property.
<dl>
<dt class="decl"><a class="symbol _ctor" name="DateTimeFormat.this" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1485" kind="ctor" beg="1485" end="1490">this</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.this" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1485">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_ctor"></a>
 Initializes an instance that is writable and culture-independent.</div></dd>
<dt class="decl">Object <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1504" kind="function" beg="1504" end="1506">getFormat</a><span class="params">(TypeInfo <em>type</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1504">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getFormat"></a>
 Retrieves an object defining how to format the specified type.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>type</em></td><td>The TypeInfo of the resulting formatting object.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>If type is typeid(DateTimeFormat), the current DateTimeFormat instance. Otherwise, null.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>Implements <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a>.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getAllDateTimePatterns" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1555" kind="function" beg="1555" end="1560">getAllDateTimePatterns</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getAllDateTimePatterns" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1555">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getAllDateTimePatterns"></a>
 Retrieves the standard patterns in which Time values can be formatted.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>An array of strings containing the standard patterns in which Time values can be formatted.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getAllDateTimePatterns:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1567" kind="function" beg="1567" end="1629">getAllDateTimePatterns</a><span class="params">(char <em>format</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getAllDateTimePatterns:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1567">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getAllDateTimePatterns_char"></a>
 Retrieves the standard patterns in which Time values can be formatted using the specified format character.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>An array of strings containing the standard patterns in which Time values can be formatted using the specified format character.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getAbbreviatedDayName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1637" kind="function" beg="1637" end="1639">getAbbreviatedDayName</a><span class="params">(Calendar.DayOfWeek <em>dayOfWeek</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getAbbreviatedDayName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1637">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getAbbreviatedDayName"></a>
 Retrieves the abbreviated name of the specified day of the week based on the culture of the instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>dayOfWeek</em></td><td>A DayOfWeek value.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The abbreviated name of the day of the week represented by dayOfWeek.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getDayName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1647" kind="function" beg="1647" end="1649">getDayName</a><span class="params">(Calendar.DayOfWeek <em>dayOfWeek</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getDayName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1647">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getDayName"></a>
 Retrieves the full name of the specified day of the week based on the culture of the instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>dayOfWeek</em></td><td>A DayOfWeek value.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The full name of the day of the week represented by dayOfWeek.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getAbbreviatedMonthName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1657" kind="function" beg="1657" end="1659">getAbbreviatedMonthName</a><span class="params">(int <em>month</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getAbbreviatedMonthName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1657">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getAbbreviatedMonthName"></a>
 Retrieves the abbreviated name of the specified month based on the culture of the instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>month</em></td><td>An integer between 1 and 13 indicating the name of the _month to return.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The abbreviated name of the _month represented by month.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getMonthName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1667" kind="function" beg="1667" end="1669">getMonthName</a><span class="params">(int <em>month</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getMonthName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1667">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getMonthName"></a>
 Retrieves the full name of the specified month based on the culture of the instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>month</em></td><td>An integer between 1 and 13 indicating the name of the _month to return.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The full name of the _month represented by month.</dd>
<dt class="decl">DateTimeFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.getInstance" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1679" kind="function" beg="1679" end="1693">getInstance</a><span class="params">(IFormatService <em>formatService</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.getInstance" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1679">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_getInstance"></a>
 Retrieves the DateTimeFormat for the specified IFormatService.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>formatService</em></td><td>The IFormatService used to retrieve DateTimeFormat.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The DateTimeFormat for the specified IFormatService.
<p class="sec_header">Remarks:</p>The method calls <a href="#IFormatService_getFormat">IFormatService.getFormat</a> with typeof(DateTimeFormat). If formatService is null,
 then the value of the current property is returned.</dd>
<dt class="decl">DateTimeFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.current" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1700" kind="function" beg="1700" end="1702">current</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.current" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1700">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_current"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a read-only DateTimeFormat instance from the current culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only DateTimeFormat instance from the current culture.</dd>
<dt class="decl">DateTimeFormat <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.invariantFormat" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1709" kind="function" beg="1709" end="1716">invariantFormat</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">static</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.invariantFormat" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1709">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_invariantFormat"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a read-only DateTimeFormat instance that is culturally independent.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A read-only DateTimeFormat instance that is culturally independent.</dd>
<dt class="decl">bool <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.isReadOnly" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1723" kind="function" beg="1723" end="1725">isReadOnly</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.isReadOnly" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1723">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_isReadOnly"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a value indicating whether the instance is read-only.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>true is the instance is read-only; otherwise, false.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Calendar <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.calendar" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1731" kind="function" beg="1731" end="1734">calendar</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.calendar" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1731">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Retrieves the calendar used by the current culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The Calendar determining the calendar used by the current culture. For example, the Gregorian.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.calendar:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1741" kind="function" beg="1741" end="1771">calendar</a><span class="params">(Calendar <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.calendar:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1741">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_calendar"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Assigns the calendar to be used by the current culture.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The Calendar determining the calendar to be used by the current culture.</td></tr></table>
<p class="sec_header">Exceptions:</p>If value is not valid for the current culture, an Exception is thrown.</dd>
<dt class="decl">Calendar.DayOfWeek <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.firstDayOfWeek" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1778" kind="function" beg="1778" end="1780">firstDayOfWeek</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.firstDayOfWeek" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1778">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_firstDayOfWeek"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the first day of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A DayOfWeek value indicating the first day of the week.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.firstDayOfWeek:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1785" kind="function" beg="1785" end="1788">firstDayOfWeek</a><span class="params">(Calendar.DayOfWeek <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.firstDayOfWeek:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1785">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the first day of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>valie</em></td><td>A DayOfWeek value indicating the first day of the week.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">Calendar.WeekRule <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.calendarWeekRule" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1795" kind="function" beg="1795" end="1797">calendarWeekRule</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.calendarWeekRule" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1795">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_calendarWeekRule"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the _value indicating the rule used to determine the first week of the year.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A CalendarWeekRule _value determining the first week of the year.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.calendarWeekRule:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1802" kind="function" beg="1802" end="1805">calendarWeekRule</a><span class="params">(Calendar.WeekRule <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.calendarWeekRule:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1802">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the _value indicating the rule used to determine the first week of the year.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A CalendarWeekRule _value determining the first week of the year.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.nativeCalendarName" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1812" kind="function" beg="1812" end="1814">nativeCalendarName</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.nativeCalendarName" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1812">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_nativeCalendarName"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the native name of the calendar associated with the current instance.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The native name of the calendar associated with the current instance.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.dateSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1821" kind="function" beg="1821" end="1825">dateSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.dateSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1821">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_dateSeparator"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string separating date components.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string separating date components.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.dateSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1830" kind="function" beg="1830" end="1833">dateSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.dateSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1830">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string separating date components.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string separating date components.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.timeSeparator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1840" kind="function" beg="1840" end="1844">timeSeparator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.timeSeparator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1840">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_timeSeparator"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string separating time components.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string separating time components.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.timeSeparator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1849" kind="function" beg="1849" end="1852">timeSeparator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.timeSeparator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1849">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string separating time components.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string separating time components.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.amDesignator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1859" kind="function" beg="1859" end="1862">amDesignator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.amDesignator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1859">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_amDesignator"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string designator for hours before noon.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string designator for hours before noon. For example, "AM".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.amDesignator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1867" kind="function" beg="1867" end="1870">amDesignator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.amDesignator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1867">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string designator for hours before noon.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string designator for hours before noon.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.pmDesignator" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1877" kind="function" beg="1877" end="1880">pmDesignator</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.pmDesignator" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1877">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_pmDesignator"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the string designator for hours after noon.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The string designator for hours after noon. For example, "PM".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.pmDesignator:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1885" kind="function" beg="1885" end="1888">pmDesignator</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.pmDesignator:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1885">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the string designator for hours after noon.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The string designator for hours after noon.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.shortDatePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1895" kind="function" beg="1895" end="1898">shortDatePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.shortDatePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1895">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_shortDatePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a short date value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a short date value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.shortDatePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1903" kind="function" beg="1903" end="1910">shortDatePattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.shortDatePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1903">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a short date _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a short date _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.shortTimePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1917" kind="function" beg="1917" end="1921">shortTimePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.shortTimePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1917">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_shortTimePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a short time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a short time value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.shortTimePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1926" kind="function" beg="1926" end="1930">shortTimePattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.shortTimePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1926">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a short time _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a short time _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.longDatePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1937" kind="function" beg="1937" end="1940">longDatePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.longDatePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1937">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_longDatePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a long date value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a long date value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.longDatePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1945" kind="function" beg="1945" end="1951">longDatePattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.longDatePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1945">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a long date _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a long date _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.longTimePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1958" kind="function" beg="1958" end="1961">longTimePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.longTimePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1958">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_longTimePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a long time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a long time value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.longTimePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1966" kind="function" beg="1966" end="1970">longTimePattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.longTimePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1966">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a long time _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a long time _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.monthDayPattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1977" kind="function" beg="1977" end="1981">monthDayPattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.monthDayPattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1977">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_monthDayPattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a month and day value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a month and day value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.monthDayPattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1986" kind="function" beg="1986" end="1989">monthDayPattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.monthDayPattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1986">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a month and day _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a month and day _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.yearMonthPattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1996" kind="function" beg="1996" end="1999">yearMonthPattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.yearMonthPattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L1996">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_yearMonthPattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a year and month value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a year and month value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.yearMonthPattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2004" kind="function" beg="2004" end="2007">yearMonthPattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.yearMonthPattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2004">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a year and month _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a year and month _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedDayNames" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2015" kind="function" beg="2015" end="2019">abbreviatedDayNames</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedDayNames" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2015">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_abbreviatedDayNames"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a string array containing the abbreviated names of the days of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string array containing the abbreviated names of the days of the week. For <a href="#DateTimeFormat_invariantFormat">invariantFormat</a>,
   this contains "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri" and "Sat".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedDayNames:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2024" kind="function" beg="2024" end="2027">abbreviatedDayNames</a><span class="params">(char[][] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedDayNames:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2024">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a string array containing the abbreviated names of the days of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A string array containing the abbreviated names of the days of the week.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.dayNames" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2035" kind="function" beg="2035" end="2039">dayNames</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.dayNames" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2035">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_dayNames"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a string array containing the full names of the days of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string array containing the full names of the days of the week. For <a href="#DateTimeFormat_invariantFormat">invariantFormat</a>,
   this contains "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday" and "Saturday".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.dayNames:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2044" kind="function" beg="2044" end="2047">dayNames</a><span class="params">(char[][] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.dayNames:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2044">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a string array containing the full names of the days of the week.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A string array containing the full names of the days of the week.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedMonthNames" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2055" kind="function" beg="2055" end="2059">abbreviatedMonthNames</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedMonthNames" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2055">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_abbreviatedMonthNames"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a string array containing the abbreviated names of the months.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string array containing the abbreviated names of the months. For <a href="#DateTimeFormat_invariantFormat">invariantFormat</a>,
   this contains "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" and "".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedMonthNames:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2064" kind="function" beg="2064" end="2067">abbreviatedMonthNames</a><span class="params">(char[][] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.abbreviatedMonthNames:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2064">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a string array containing the abbreviated names of the months.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A string array containing the abbreviated names of the months.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[][] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.monthNames" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2075" kind="function" beg="2075" end="2079">monthNames</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.monthNames" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2075">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_monthNames"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves a string array containing the full names of the months.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>A string array containing the full names of the months. For <a href="#DateTimeFormat_invariantFormat">invariantFormat</a>,
   this contains "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" and "".</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.monthNames:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2084" kind="function" beg="2084" end="2087">monthNames</a><span class="params">(char[][] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.monthNames:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2084">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns a string array containing the full names of the months.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>A string array containing the full names of the months.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.fullDateTimePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2094" kind="function" beg="2094" end="2098">fullDateTimePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.fullDateTimePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2094">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_fullDateTimePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a long date and a long time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a long date and a long time value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">void <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.fullDateTimePattern:2" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2103" kind="function" beg="2103" end="2106">fullDateTimePattern</a><span class="params">(char[] <em>value</em>)</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.fullDateTimePattern:2" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2103">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><i>Property.</i> Assigns the format pattern for a long date and a long time _value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Params:</p>
<table class="params">
<tr><td><em>value</em></td><td>The format pattern for a long date and a long time _value.</td></tr></table></dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.rfc1123Pattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2113" kind="function" beg="2113" end="2115">rfc1123Pattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.rfc1123Pattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2113">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_rfc1123Pattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern based on the IETF RFC 1123 specification, for a time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern based on the IETF RFC 1123 specification, for a time value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.sortableDateTimePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2122" kind="function" beg="2122" end="2124">sortableDateTimePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.sortableDateTimePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2122">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_sortableDateTimePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a sortable date and time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a sortable date and time value.</dd>
<dt class="decl">char[] <a class="symbol _function" name="DateTimeFormat.universalSortableDateTimePattern" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2131" kind="function" beg="2131" end="2133">universalSortableDateTimePattern</a><span class="params">()</span>; <span class="attrs">[<span class="prot">public</span>, <span class="stc">final</span>]</span> <a title="Permalink to this symbol" href="#DateTimeFormat.universalSortableDateTimePattern" class="symlink">¶</a><a title="Go to the HTML source file" class="srclink" href="./htmlsrc/tango.text.locale.Core.html#L2131">#</a></dt>
<dd class="ddef">
<div class="summary"><a name="DateTimeFormat_universalSortableDateTimePattern"></a>
 <i>Property.</i> Retrieves the format pattern for a universal date and time value.</div>
<p class="sec_header">Returns:</p>The format pattern for a universal date and time value.</dd></dl></dd></dl>
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